Freeze's Savage Flux "Frostbyte II" build thread

[reno911]

Remove the end cap and clean it.

Any updates Freeze?

Originally Posted by reno911

Remove the end cap and clean it.

Any updates Freeze?

Not till next week im afraid, i'm still waiting for FLM to make my parts

On a good note though, my "missing" Lipos from HK FINALLY arrived. Damn near 3 weeks to the day, i'll never do international air again.

[JThiessen]

I was putting my flux back together last night, and one thing that has always bugged me about it was the amount of dirt that was able to get up inside the diff through that hole in the bottom. So I'm experimenting by putting a layer of heavy duty grease around the opening - both on the diff casing and the skip plate. We'll see if it keeps the dirt out of the diff itself. I would have used some silicone, but I didn't have a tube handy.

ps. You should buy the sway bar kit. I know you dont want to use those, but the caps for the hinge pins are worth the cost of the kit IMHO.

[thzero]

Totally. HPI really needs to make those standard on the truck and sell them seperately.

Originally Posted by JThiessen

ps. You should buy the sway bar kit. I know you dont want to use those, but the caps for the hinge pins are worth the cost of the kit IMHO.

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

I was putting my flux back together last night, and one thing that has always bugged me about it was the amount of dirt that was able to get up inside the diff through that hole in the bottom. So I'm experimenting by putting a layer of heavy duty grease around the opening - both on the diff casing and the skip plate. We'll see if it keeps the dirt out of the diff itself. I would have used some silicone, but I didn't have a tube handy.

I fixed that on mine with some thin gasket paper i picked up from the local auto parts store. I used the quare ridge in the skid plate as a template and just cut it out with a razor blade, fits perfectly and keeps all the dirt out of the diff. Plus you can still take the skid plates off, unlike using silicone where it might act like a bonding agent. You can also use thick paper if you want. I did this before i ever even ran my flux and its always been as clean as new inside and im still using the same piece of gasket material after probably 6 or 7 times of taking it appart

[JERRY2KONE]

You should be able to find a small vent plug for it somewhere. You may have to drill and tap it out to size, but there are vents out there for just this purpose. They are usually used on industrial type bear boxes, and come in all sizes.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

You should be able to find a small vent plug for it somewhere. You may have to drill and tap it out to size, but there are vents out there for just this purpose. They are usually used on industrial type bear boxes, and come in all sizes.

Not sure what you are referring to here Jerry??? The hole is about a 1" square hole in the bottom of the diff case. The plastic skidplate "covers" it, but due to the flexible nature of plastic, it doesn't seal it very well.

[JERRY2KONE]

that sounds weird. A 1" hole in an R/C diff case? Why did they design a hole that big in a diff? Why would you need such a big hole in a small scale vehicle? It seems to me that you could fab a square plug for that and design a smaller vent plug that would let the diff breath, or block it up totally. I have only been in the hobby for a few years, but I have never seen a diff with any kind of hole designed into them. I am an industrial mechanic by trade, and a Mechanical engineer myself and have worked with all kinds of large scale reduction gear setups that have vents intigrated into their design to keep pressure from building up inside the gear cases and blowing out seals, so it makes sense to me. BUT even in some of that largest gear boxes the size of a full size van or larger only had a 3/4" vent built in to them. Any pics of this diff?

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by josh9mille

I fixed that on mine with some thin gasket paper i picked up from the local auto parts store. I used the quare ridge in the skid plate as a template and just cut it out with a razor blade, fits perfectly and keeps all the dirt out of the diff. Plus you can still take the skid plates off, unlike using silicone where it might act like a bonding agent. You can also use thick paper if you want. I did this before i ever even ran my flux and its always been as clean as new inside and im still using the same piece of gasket material after probably 6 or 7 times of taking it appart

That's a good idea. I kinda like the hole as an easy way to inspect the diffs, but too much fine dirt gets by

[mothman]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

Not till next week im afraid, i'm still waiting for FLM to make my parts

freeze, what are the parts that you requested flm to make?

Originally Posted by mothman

freeze, what are the parts that you requested flm to make?

Their still working on the TVP when I called them up directly yesterday, there apparently behind schedule with orders.